Sahil Bloom Quotes

The Think Day was my adaptation. Pick one day each month to step back from all of your day-to-day professional demands:

I have a core set of deep, loving, supportive relationships. I am consistently able to be the partner, parent, family member, and friend that I would want to have. I have a network of loose relationships I can learn from and build on. I have a deep feeling of connection to a community (local, regional, national, spiritual, and so on) or to something bigger than myself. I do not attempt to achieve status, respect, or admiration through material purchases.

How many folks, in country and in town, Neglect their principal affair; And let, for want of due repair, A real house fall down, To build a castle in the air?[1]

The Four Types of Professional Time There are four types of professional time: Management Creation Consumption Ideation

What color dominates the calendar? Are there distinct windows for Creation Time? Are the colors organized or randomly scattered?

Ironically, that busyness, and the scattered attention it creates, is the very reason you lack control over your time — it is the maker of the modern struggle.

Type 1: Management Management Time is what most of us spend the majority of our professional lives in. It is a staple of large organizations. Typical activities of Management Time include: Meetings Calls Presentations Email processing Team and people management

Mark Twain is often quoted as having said, "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble, it's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

I want to live a “boring” life. Wake up early. Move my body. Eat real foods. Avoid drama. Focus. Think. Love. The boring is beautiful.

Treat your body like a house you have to live in for another seventy years." He added, "If something has a minor issue, repair it. Minor issues become major issues over time. This applies equally to love, friendships, health, and home.

Type 4: Ideation Ideation Time is the second of the two forgotten types of professional time. It is where new ideas for creation and growth are cultivated and grown. Typical activities of Ideation Time include: Brainstorming Journaling Walking Self-reflecting

Nobody told you this about success: Rent is due every single day. A lot of people seem to think that after you make it you can coast in the idyllic land of success. This is wrong. Every single day, you have to fight to earn your seat at the table. And that fight gets more intense as you have more success. You have more to lose. More mouths to feed. More people counting on you. More expectations. There's an old saying that I love: Every morning in the savannah, the gazelle wakes up and knows it must outrun the lion or be killed. The lion wakes up and knows it must outrun the gazelle or starve. Whether you're the gazelle or the lion, when you wake up in the morning, you'd better start running. Rent is due daily. Pay it with pride.

The concept of time-blocking is simple: Windows of time are blocked to work on distinct, specific tasks. Rather than manage your life through a to-do list, you manage your life through your calendar. Time-blocking leverages the well-established psychological principle that setting an intention for your time is critical for driving progress.

The most attractive trait in the world is energy. Walk into every room with genuine curiosity, enthusiasm, and interest. You become a magnet for the highest quality people. Energy is contagious. Spread the kind you'd want to catch.

The future belongs to people with the courage to commit to one thing. To go all in. The world is filled with the half-finished dreams of people who were too afraid to truly commit. Half in is actually all out. Even 90% gets you nowhere. There’s a magic in that last 10%.